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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Larisa Olesova (STL)
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>Gloria Kim (Engineering)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:<\/strong> Advancing Student Success Through Human AI Collaborative Feedback to Strengthen Cognitive Presence and Shared Metacognition Online
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$499,708<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Darbianne Shannon (AZCEECS)
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Co-PI:<\/strong> Anne Manley (SHDOSE); Crystal Bishop (AZCEECS); Christine Meyers (Public Health); Kristen Lewandowski (Public Health)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Bridging Disciplines for Inclusion: Understanding Factors Shaping Collaboration in Early Childhood
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$372,405<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Katherine Lindsay Byron (SHDOSE)
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Co-PI:<\/strong> Zyrashae Smith-Onyewu (SHDOSE)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Calculus Calculation: A Comparison of the Merit Aid Implications of Advanced Placement vs. Dual Enrollment Calculus Course Options
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$348,401<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Julie Brown (STL)
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>Eunjin Shin (SHDOSE)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Instruction for Multilingual Learners in Biology (CLIMB)
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$497,659<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Richard Carlos Velasco (STL)
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>N\/A<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Exploring STEM Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Teaching Data Literacy Using a Custom GPT
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$460,773<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Anthony Botelho (STL)
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Co-PI:<\/strong> N\/A<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:<\/strong> Exploring the Ecological Validity of LLMs for Content Generation
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$483,902<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Swapna Kumar (STL)
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>N\/A<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Boise State University<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>From Assessment to Action: Strengthening Mentoring in Online Doctoral Education
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$66,533<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Avery Closser (STL)
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Co-PI:<\/strong> N\/A<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>Worcester Polytechnic Institute<\/p>\n

Proposal Title: <\/strong>From Sight to Insights: Examining Effects of Perceptual Cues on Students Mathematical Reasoning and Learning
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$5,925<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Wei Li (SHDOSE)
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Co-PI:<\/strong>\u00a0Katherine Strickland (SHDOSE)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:<\/strong> Interpretable Teacher Engagement Profiles and Causal Effects in Math Matrix Micro-Credentials
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$19,754<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Catherine Corbin (SESPECS)
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Co-PI:<\/strong> Megan Worth (SESPECS)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Investigating Educators’ Emotion Regulation Strategy Use as a Target to Improve Instructional Quality and Discipline Disproportionality
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$408,272<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> F. “Chris” Curran
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>N\/A<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Lost Time or Turning Point? Understanding the Suspension Period and Students Transitions Back to School
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$346,183<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Wei Li (SHODSE)
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>N\/A<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> University of North Carolina Chapel Hill<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:<\/strong> Methods and Tools for Designing, Analyzing, and Reporting Multilevel Cost-Effectiveness Studies
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$66,318<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Nicholas Vest (STL)
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Co-PI:<\/strong> Xintian Gao (STL); Avery Closser (STL)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:<\/strong> Misconception Trajectories as Early Indicators of Mathematics Risk: Testing the Predictive Value of Feature-Engineered Cognitive Error Patterns in EdLight
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$49,999<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Kakali Bhattacharya (SHDOSE)
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Co-PI:<\/strong> N\/A<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:<\/strong> Navigating the Messy Middle: AI Integration in Educational Research Via Qualitative Inquiry
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$368,189<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Christopher Redding (SHDOSE)
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Co-PI:<\/strong> Hannah Mathews (SESPECS), Christopher Thomas (SHDOSE)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Patrolling the Right to Teach: How State Education Agencies Interpret and Enforce Teacher Professional Conduct
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$249,375<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Walter Leite (SHDOSE)
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>Stephanie Snidarich (SHDOSE); Angelos Barmpoutis (Digital World); Tracy Centanni (Public Health)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>National Science Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Project InSPIRE – Intelligent Support for Personalized Individual Reading Experiences
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$996,346<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Elliot Douglas (Engineering)
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>David Therriault (SHDOSE)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>National Science Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Research: Exploring Engineering Ambiguity Categories: Novice and Expert Responses to Problem Ambiguity
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$448,086<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Christopher Redding (SHDOSE)
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>Melinda Leko (SESPECS)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Boston University<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Special Education Research and Development Center Program
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$17,501<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Rob Moore (STL)
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>Kent Crippen (STL); Eunjin Shin (SHDOSE)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title: <\/strong>Strengthening Trust in STEM Microcredentials: A Theory-Informed Framework for Credential Quality and Adoption
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$500,000<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Brady Nash (STL)
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Co-PI:<\/strong> N\/A<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>Spencer Foundation<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:<\/strong> The Borderzones Digital Literacy Collective: A School, University, and Youth Partnership to Develop Culturally Sustaining Digital Literacy Curricula in the Age of Algorithms and AI
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$249,869<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Kathryn Chapman (SESPECS)
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>Ketia Blanc (IFAS)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Strengthening Future Families<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>The Parental Experiences of U.S. Military Mothers
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$37,890<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Sooji Kim (SHDOSE)
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Co-PI:\u00a0<\/strong>N\/A<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>University of Maryland College Park<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:<\/strong> Universal FAFSA as a Policy Lever to Reduce Financial Barriers to Higher Education
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$168,108<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Jue Wu (SHDOSE)
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Co-PI:<\/strong> N\/A<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> Temple University<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Where do they go? A longitudinal qualitative study of graduating high school women interested in computing
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$103,938<\/p>\n

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Principal Investigator:<\/strong> David Julian (Medicine)
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Co-PI: <\/strong>Alicia Vose (Neurology); Jue Wu (SHDOSE); Ludmila Barbosa De Faria (Medicine)<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>Florida State College at Jacksonville<\/p>\n

Proposal Title:\u00a0<\/strong>BURT
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Requested Amount:\u00a0<\/strong>$1,892,604<\/p>\n

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